Today I met David at the house at around 9 and we headed off to ASCO (another Street Kid Organization in Jinja) to meet Sarah and learn more about how they set up their filing, etc. David had at one point lived at ASCO, but he had returned to the streets after living there for a couple of weeks. It was interesting walking with him, and hearing what he had to say about what it was like there, and why he left. I am not sure the reasons that he had were real, but I was glad that he was able to open up to me some. Once we got there Sarah showed us some pictures of when David had been there, and then took me through a lot of their paper work that they had set up. It was nothing difficult, but they have a good system, and I think that starting tomorrow we will be working on this for ourselves. She had a binder for each boy that they have, and then inside had all of their information. It went from family history, to medical, educational, sponsorship, etc. I learned a lot from her and am looking forward to getting all of our information together.
After this Henry and I headed out to Sonrise Babies Home. Henry needed to go because he needed to help them with some computer issues, I had to go because I was MISSING BABIES! Seriously, I just wanted to be with some kids that age of all of my daycare kids…(Annie, remind me of this when I come back…lol). It was so fun to play with the kids for a while, but soon they were all off for their nap, and Henry had finished his task, so we were off again.
We went back to the boys house for some lunch, and this is when the issues started. Each time after lunch David and Robert (the 2 newest boys) are asked to do dishes, and each time we end up with a very angry David who sulks off not wanting to help, which leads to an angry Robert because he is stuck doing the work himself. This is been happening off and on over the last few months, but this time I had had enough. Henry and Alex had left to go buy fresh fish, but when they came back we all sat down and had a big discussion about what was expected of the boys (as far as I could tell anyways, because it was all in Luganda). There were angry words and even some tears, but in the end it seemed that things were sorted…I guess we’ll find out.
That afternoon we had ANOTHER meeting with the lawyer, which was supposed to be the last, BUT we are still waiting for the final piece of paperwork, and Betty couldn’t make it because she was working away at getting it. We are starting to get frustrated with how long the whole procedure is taking, and raised out concerns to the lawyer. He said that things in Uganda take time, and just because we have Mzungu expectations, we are still in Uganda and things work differently. There was some heated conversation, but we were told that everything would be resolved as soon as possible. I guess we will see.
That night Glen and I were both at the boys house for dinner. Glen had mentioned that he enjoyed fresh fish, so that is what we had :) Yum!
Oh, on a not so happy note we also found out that Patrick had malaria, so Henry went to get him his medication, and he spend the afternoon/evening resting.
Prayer:
- Patrick recovers quickly from Malaria
- We can get the last paperwork for the house
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